Paulina Dominguez
The School of Creative Writing is pleased to congratulate Paulina Dominguez, MFA. Paulina’s graduate thesis is a speculative novel entitled Sonambula.
Paulina is a Mexican writer with a background in graphic design and digital art. During her time at UBC, she took on the role of Promotions Editor at PRISM international while continuing to make surreal collages and animations as a freelance artist. She was a semifinalist for the 2021 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition and is currently working on long-form film projects and her debut novel. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Concordia University and a screenwriting diploma from ESCAC in Catalunya, Spain. Through her work, she investigates the dialogue between magic and realism, connection and disconnection, grief and death.
Sonambula interrogates grief and the legacy of the Mexican Revolution. Struck by the loss of her older brother, a twelve-year-old girl finds herself avoiding her strict aunt, battling the heatwave that has swept over Mexico’s western coast, and trying to convince her younger sister that the abandoned lighthouse at the edge of town is mysteriously active. Her plans to evade any mention of her late brother—particularly after some undesirable family news—are disrupted by Sonam
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